The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-03-03
LEGISLATURE.
COUNCIL.

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BISMARCK. Special Telegram, Feb. 49,
The council occupied the entire day in the
consideration Of Hughes revenue bill The
bill IL very long and ia intended to take the
place OF all revenue bills now on the statute
books except those relating 20 railroads. Il
does not materially enlarge the
ton. but more definitely prescribes the reg
ulations necessary for securing thorough
listing of everything which should be taxed,
HOUSE.
When the order of motions was reached
In the house to-day Mr.. Elliott said: -
move that House Bill No. 2 be referred to q
special committee consisting Of Messrs. Adams,
cufsd about the house until it has lost all sem
blance of its former self. and / propose now to
put It in shape once more and then test the
OF . majority OF the members Of this body.
The motion prevailed by q vote which in
dicates ability to suspend the rules when it
Is reported back. MI. Elliott said this even
ing:
I shall permit no further amendments to this
bill. 1t will 20 through in the form III which it
Is returned or not at all. It might as we'll die ut
once as by slow strangulation. But I am conf
dent the bill will pass both the house and the
In the council q large number Of petitions
f si11s were sore in9srodnoe dioc. BY Mr.. ~ Cain aa:. to
Of road and bridge funds. Council b ehGsp passed:
To pay chief clerks for services in organizing
bers of joint committees to visit Montana and
TO- Inspect territorial institutions. House
road nvornooros ro10 rim - r. koSnn Ino~Io ~ I'D
special s1ds9 for ss.,' we sas s1' FsS' q: ~
Adjourned 'nns In the house there vas
that tho speaker appoint an V sddition.l en %DSsSo
ing clerk, but finally the motion prevailed. The
following bills were introduced: BY Walzmuth,
city Of speardsh. By Waizmuth. tx
on stock brands and marks. By Hawk: provid-
kens. to repeal sections $50 and $50 Of the OWL
Code Of Procedures; also, regulating the pro-
curemene OF chattel morteaees in connection with
amend the township organization act. By
Fletcher. relating to the filing of vacancies by
appointment In boards Of county commits
ing liabilities for damages occasioned
by vicious dogs. By Ward, authorizing the pay
ment OF compensation due road inspector By
counties Of Deuel. and Hamiin. several council
journed.
COUNCIL
BISMARCK, Special Telegram, Feb. 1s.-In
the council the house amendments to the
council bill relating to the filing of papers in
proceedings by attachment were concurred
in and the bill passed. The tax bill then
came up in committee of the whole, and
most of the day while the council was not in
committee of the whole was devoted to it's
consideration. When the session closed
sixty-one sections had been considered. Mr..
Dodge moved that when the council adjourns
Tomorrow it be to Wednesday next at 2
p: m. which motion prevailed and the coun-
Gil adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE
the select committee to whom was referred
Ell1ots railroad commissioner bill reported
1t back amended so as to relieve it of the
features which were claimed to be unconsti-
tutionaL 1t provides that the commissioners
shall have power to a disagreements with
railroads into the courts. Chairman Adams,
of the special committee, has prepared tho
new bill with great care, and it's friends will
endeavor to prevent any amendment The
following bills were introduced:
By Stewart of Fall River. relating to judicial
subdivisions in certain Black Hills counties. By
Glendenntng, providing for the meeting Of town.
ship boards and defining their duties. By Pruitt.
to amend section 2 of chapter 26 Of the Political
Code: By Prnitt. to amend section 20 Of chapter
% Of the political code. entitled Revenue" By
Dodds, to legalize the act OF the board Of county
commissioners of McHenry county in laying
out, surveying aud plating q certain county
seat. By Cook, to allow magistrates to re-
quire securities for costs In certain cases.
By Cook. to require justices Of the peace to file
their bonds with rhe clerk Of the court: to en-
force the payment Of fines and costs in certain
cases: for an aot tU regulate the assessment and
collection Of fall taxes
Following council bills were passed.. Relating
lsting ~ the preparation. printing and fling of
official bonds. To appropriate 4 o for paw
ment for the use of tents for the territorial
militia at Fargo.
The house then went into committee of
the whole. Hobart in the chair, and took up
Aikens' gross earnings bill. MI. Aikens
said:
If he should be in the legislature of Dakota for
the next twenty years he would at each recur.
this act. Ho argued that the law was uncon-
stitutional and void, and that under its provis-
lens smou the ~ Fal 1nqsa t Raia tS only s5 = fraction lion OF axo the
the Northern Pacific, which he said two attorney
generals had declared was not fubject to taxa
tion.
Mr.. Mentzer followed. opposing the meas
ure, and he was followed by Mr.. Adams. on
the anne side. The question being Upon the
indefinite "postponement of the bill, the mo-
ton prevailed-ayes 20, nays Is. The com-
mittee rose, and having reported to the
adopted. Carried. The house pleuro-pneu-
monia bill passed-39 to 4. Also, the house
bill providing that reasonable notice when
referring to notice for cars by shippers shall
be construed as SIX days Adjourned
4. HOUSE
B1sNARm, Special Telegram, Feb. 19.-At
the opening Q bill was passed appropriating
$2.40O to pay for a herd Of cattle, smeng
which pleuro-pneumonia had appeared,
killed in Oliver county by order Of Gov
Pierce. In committee Of the whole the bill
appropriating $26 600 for normal school
building at 6pearfsh was recommended to
pasa Williams seed wheat bill was taken
up, with the amendments recommended by
the special committee to whom it was re-
ferred, and after long debate, was passed
The house bill making an appropriation for
the benefit Of horticultural societies passed.
Immediately after reading the journal tho
council went into executive session and con-
firmed the appointment Of John D. Benton
to be treasurer. A dispatch was read from
the clerks desk, sent the PIONEER PRESS last
evening from the governor Of Montana re-
garding the appointment of q committee Of
conference on contagious diseases among
domestic auimalR The council then went
into q committee Of the whole
OF the tax bill, and when 1t
rose at 400 had substantially
completed it's form The committee on cities
and towns favorably reported council bill
16l, Dr. Galloway's bill for . general law for
the Incorporation and government Of cities
Nh. Hughes moved that House Bill No. II,